Chairperson's File
Blog posts from 2025 AHA Board Chair Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health, and past chairs.
There are excellent initiatives across the country that are making a real difference in people’s lives.
National Hospital Week is a wonderful opportunity to take time to celebrate the health care field and the people who make health care so special.
AHA Trustee Services – accessible on the AHA’s website at trustees.aha.org – now is the hub for AHA’s trustee education efforts.
By helping our communities better understand advance directives and health care decision-making at the end of life, we can demystify the topic and increase the number of people who have a plan in place.
As baby boomers retire, millennials will become an even larger part of the workforce, so engaging them will become more important than ever.
Eating healthful foods is important for good health, but individuals and households that are “food insecure” face challenges when it comes to getting enough food, consuming high-quality food or both.
Hospitals and health systems across the country are collaborating with organizations in their communities to address food insecurity and housing, the opioid epidemic and other challenges that influence health and well-being.
Please take the opportunity this week to share your work and resources on patient safety, safety culture and patient engagement with your community.
Hospitals and health systems are using health IT to engage patients, improve care coordination and better communicate across care settings.
Quality must be the top priority of any hospital or health system—there simply is no alternative. And it takes all of us working together.